Posts by Chris McQuillan:

According to the University of Scranton, only 8% of people manage to keep to their New Years resolutions which is a bit of a shocking statistic if you look at it. Of course, some resolutions are out and out crazy. One of the top ones is “stop drinking”, which is probably promised at the end of the umpteenth Christmas party when you realise your liver and kidneys are trying to…

We’ve spoken a lot about recruiting new staff, but what about the ones you’ve already got? If there’s been no recruitment for a while and people are leaving, those that are left can begin to get a bit jumpy, maybe even worried about the future. This is worse if you’re a large company that has to report results and, let’s say, the results aren’t that good? During these times, it…

Ahh, the office Christmas party… How many times have you been to a Christmas party, not remembered how you’ve got home and then for the rest of the following day, pieced together what happened “Momento” style, grimacing as each scene comes into sharp focus? It happens to us all (not me, obviously), and it’s a simple equation that gets us there. Alcohol + Office Staff = Danger There’s another, more…

When applying for a job, you don’t have to put things such as age, religion or race. You don’t even have to put your gender as it’s illegal for employers to decide on your worthiness for a particular role based on these attributes. But there’s one thing that you always put, and it’s something that could, even unconsciously, be stopping you from getting a job, and it’s your name. It…